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Virtualization and Management:Trends, Forecasts, andRecommendations

An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES

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(EMA™) Research Report April 2008Sponsored by:

Table of Contents

Virtualization and Management: Trends, Forecasts, and Recommendations

©2008 Enterprise Management Associates, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................................1Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................3Uncovering Virtualization ...................................................................................................................................3Researching Virtualization ..................................................................................................................................4Realities of Virtualization Deployment ..................................................................................................................5 Workloads ...............................................................................................................................................................5Drivers .....................................................................................................................................................................6Satisfaction .............................................................................................................................................................7Cost Savings ...........................................................................................................................................................8

Addressing Specic Needs

..................................................................................................................................8Comparing Critical Drivers with Actual Outcomes .......................................................................................9 Virtualization Hype .............................................................................................................................................10Barriers To Virtualization Success ...................................................................................................................11

Case Study – Managing Complexity with Conguresoft ECM

........................................................................13Multiple Layers of Complexity ...............................................................................................................................14 Virtualization Platforms .....................................................................................................................................15 Virtualization Technologies ...............................................................................................................................16 Virtualization Vendors and Products ..............................................................................................................19Server Virtualization ................................................................................................................................19Operating System Virtualization ............................................................................................................21 Application Virtualization ........................................................................................................................22Desktop Virtualization ............................................................................................................................23Grid/Cluster Computing .........................................................................................................................24Overall Vendor Penetration .....................................................................................................................25 The Virtualization Complexity Triple-Threat .....................................................................................................26Case Study – Meeting Virtualization Audits with Tripwire Enterprise ...........................................................30 The State of Virtualization Management .............................................................................................................31Perceptions of Virtualization Management ..................................................................................................31Integrating Virtual and Physical Management .............................................................................................34Integrating Virtualization Management with Enterprise IT Management ..............................................35Case Study – Ensuring Virtualization Performance with eG Innovations eG Monitor for VMware .....37 The Human Factor ...................................................................................................................................................38 The Ongoing Virtualization Skills Crisis ........................................................................................................38Segregation of Virtualization Management Teams ......................................................................................39

Virtualization and Management: Trends, Forecasts, and Recommendations

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Case Study – Ensuring Virtualization Compliance with Tripwire Enterprise ...............................................42From 2006 to 2008 – and Beyond .........................................................................................................................43Increasing Penetration of Virtualization Technologies ...............................................................................43 A Warning about Growth for End-User Facing Virtualization Technologies ...............................45Changing Virtualization Platforms ..................................................................................................................47Changing Virtualization Workloads .................................................................................................................48Changing Virtualization Drivers.......................................................................................................................50Changing Perceptions of Virtualization Management ................................................................................51 The Growing Pain Of Virtualization Skills ...................................................................................................54EMA Perspective .......................................................................................................................................................55Key Outcome – Treat Virtualization as a Strategy, not a Project ..............................................................55Key Outcome – Prepare for Multiple Layers of Complexity ....................................................................56Key Outcome – Adapt to the Changing Virtualization Landscape ..........................................................56Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................58

Appendix A: Virtualization Denitions and Taxonomy

....................................................................................59 Virtualization ........................................................................................................................................................59Hypervisor ............................................................................................................................................................59Hardware Virtualization .....................................................................................................................................59Server Virtualization ...........................................................................................................................................59Paravirtualization .................................................................................................................................................59Operating System (OS) Virtualization ............................................................................................................60 Application Virtualization .................................................................................................................................60 Application Isolation ..........................................................................................................................................60Software Streaming .............................................................................................................................................60Server-Based (or Remote) Desktop Virtualization .......................................................................................60Client-Based (or Local) Desktop Virtualization ............................................................................................61Storage Virtualization .........................................................................................................................................61

Network Virtualization

.....................................................................................................................................61Data Virtualization ..............................................................................................................................................61Clustering ..............................................................................................................................................................61Grid Computing ..................................................................................................................................................62Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) ...........................................................................................................................62 Thin Client............................................................................................................................................................62 Appendix B: Methodology and Demographics ..................................................................................................63

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